graveyard

English

A graveyard in China

Etymology

From grave +‎ yard. Compare West Frisian begraafplak (“graveyard”), Dutch begraafplaats (“graveyard”), Norwegian gravplass (“graveyard”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪvˌjɑɹd/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

graveyard (plural graveyards)

A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
(figuratively, by extension) A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
1. (collectible card games) The discard pile, in some trading card games.
  - 2006, John Kaufeld & Jeremy Smith, Trading Card Games For Dummies, →ISBN, page 49:
    Certain cards place other cards here because such cards might have abilities deemed too strong if they sent them to the graveyard instead.
  - 2006, Michael J. Flores, Deckade: 10 Years of Decks, Thoughts, and Theory!, →ISBN, page 235:
    If you want to be tricky, though, Rapid Decay can be a flying elbow drop out of nowhere for a surprise win against graveyard manipulation decks; they will always see a Beetles coming, remember.
  - 2015, Kinetik Gaming, Magic the Gathering Game Guide (Unofficial), →ISBN:
    When a player does discard or use a card or when a creature also died or a spell gets destroyed, that card gets placed into the player's graveyard.
2. (sports) A team where players are sent when they are not useful, or a team where players become useless if sent there.
(US, slang) Synonym of suicide (“beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”)

Synonyms

(land used for burial): see also Thesaurus:cemetery.

Derived terms

Terms derived from graveyard

elephants' graveyard
flies' graveyard
ghost in the graveyard
graveyard chompers
graveyard cough
graveyard market
graveyard-minded
Graveyard of the Atlantic
Graveyard of the Pacific
graveyard orbit
graveyard poet
graveyard poetry
graveyard shift
graveyard slot
graveyard spiral
graveyard test
graveyard tour
graveyard watch
whistle past the graveyard

Translations

tract of land in which the dead are buried

Adyghe: къэхалъэ (qexaalˢe), хъэхалъэ (χexaalˢe) (Shapsug)
Afrikaans: begraafplek, begraafplaas
Albanian: varrezë (sq) f
Amharic: መካነ መቃብር (mäkanä mäḳabr), መቃብር ቦታ (mäḳabr bota)
Arabic: مَقْبَرَة‎ f (maqbara), مَقْبُرَة‎ f (maqbura), مَدْفِن‎ m (madfin), جَبّانة‎ f (jabbāna), تُرْبَة‎ (turba)
Egyptian Arabic: مفابر‎ f (maqāber), جبانة‎ f (gabbāna), ترب‎ f (turab)
Hijazi Arabic: مَقْبَرة‎ f (magbara)
Moroccan Arabic: مقبرة‎ f (maqbara), روضة‎ f (rūḍa), قبورات‎ f (qbūrāt)
South Levantine Arabic: جبانة‎ f (jabbane, jabbana), مقبرة‎ f (máʾbara), تربة‎ f (turbe)
Aragonese: fosal m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܩܒ݂ܘܼܪܹ̈ܐ‎ m (bēt qwure)
Classical Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܩܒܘܪܐ‎ m (bēṯ qḇūrē)
Armenian: գերեզմանոց (hy) (gerezmanocʿ)
Aromanian: chimitir n, murmintsã f, grupishti f, chimitiriu n
Assamese: কবৰখানা (koborkhana), কবৰস্থান (koborosthan)
Asturian: cementeriu m, campusantu m
Azerbaijani: məzarlıq, qəbiristan
Bashkir: зыярат (zıyarat)
Basque: hilerri, kanposantu
Belarusian: мо́гілкі f pl (móhilki), магі́ліцы f pl (mahílicy), цвінта́р m (cvintár) (church cemetery), мо́гільнік m (móhilʹnik)
Bengali: কারবালা (bn) (karbala)
Breton: bered (br) f
Bulgarian: гро́бище (bg) n (gróbište)
Burmese: သုသာန် (my) (su.san), သင်္ချိုင်း (my) (sanghkyuing:), တစပြင် (my) (ta.ca.prang)
Cahuilla: kuyva'al
Catalan: cementiri (ca) m, camp sant, tenca d'hora
Cebuano: sementeryo, menteryo, sam-ang, lubnganan
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Chamicuro: pantyon
Chechen: кешнаш (kešnaš)
Cherokee: ᏧᎾᏓᏂᏐᏗᎢ (tsunadanisodii)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 墳場, 坟场 (fan⁴ coeng⁴), 公墓 (gung¹ mou⁶), 墓地 (mou⁶ dei⁶)
Dungan: фынйүан (fɨnyüan)
Hakka: 墓地 (mu-thi)
Mandarin: 公墓 (zh) (gōngmù) 墓地 (zh) (mùdì), 墳地／坟地 (zh), 坟地 (zh) (féndì)
Min Nan: 公墓 (zh-min-nan) (kong-bōng), 墓地 (zh-min-nan) (bō͘-tōe)
Chuvash: ҫӑва (śăva)
Cornish: korflan f, ynkladhva f
Corsican: cimiteriu m, campusantu m
Crimean Tatar: mezarlıq, qabristan
Czech: hřbitov (cs) m, pohřebiště, krchov (cs) m
Dalmatian: čemitier m
Danish: kirkegård (da) c (Christian), gravplads c (mainly non-Christian)
Dupaningan Agta: libalbang
Dutch: kerkhof (nl) n, begraafplaats (nl) f, knekelveld n
Egyptian:

(ẖrj-nṯr)
Elfdalian: tjyörtjgard m
Esperanto: tombejo (eo), enterigejo
Estonian: surnuaed, kalmistu
Faroese: kirkjugarður m
Fijian: ibulubulu
Finnish: hautausmaa (fi), hautuumaa (fi), kalmisto (fi)
French: cimetière (fr) m
Friulian: cimitieri m
Galician: cemiterio (gl) m, camposanto (gl) m, cadavroa f, necrópole f
Georgian: სასაფლაო (sasaplao)
German: Friedhof (de) m, Kirchhof (de) m, Begräbnisplatz m, Gottesacker (de) m, Leichenhof m
Pennsylvania German: Karichhof m
Greek: κοιμητήριο (el) n (koimitírio), νεκροταφείο (el) n (nekrotafeío), κοιμητήρι (el) n (koimitíri)
Ancient: κοιμητήριον n (koimētḗrion)
Greenlandic: iliveqarfik
Guaraní: tyvyty
Gujarati: કબ્રસ્તાન n (kabrastān)
Haitian Creole: simityè
Hebrew: בֵּית קְבָרוֹת‎ (he) m (béit k'varót), בֵּית עוֹלָם‎ (béit olám)
Hindi: क़ब्रिस्तान m (qabristān), गोरिस्तान m (goristān), समाधिक्षेत्र (hi) m (samādhikṣetra)
Hungarian: temető (hu)
Icelandic: kirkjugarður (is) m, grafreitur (is) m
Ido: tombeyo (io), enterigeyo
Indonesian: pusara (id), pekuburan (id), kuburan (id), makam (id), pemakaman (id)
Interlingua: cemeterio
Irish: reilig f, cill f
Italian: cimitero (it) m, camposanto (it) m, sepolcreto (it) m
Japanese: 墓 (ja) (はか, haka), 墓地 (ja) (ぼち, bochi), 霊園 (ja) (れいえん, reien), 墓場 (ja) (はかば, hakaba), 化野 (あだしの, adashino), 墓園 (ぼえん, boen)
Kazakh: зират (kk) (zirat), бейіт (beiıt)
Khmer: ទីប៉ាឆា (tii paachaa), ប៉ាឆា (km) (paachaa)
Korean: 묘지(墓地) (ko) (myoji), 묘원(墓園) (ko) (myowon)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: قەبرستان‎ (qebristan), گۆڕستان‎ (ku) (gorristan)
Northern Kurdish: goristan (ku) f
Kyrgyz: мазар (ky) (mazar), көрүстөн (ky) (körüstön)
Ladin: curtina f
Ladino: betahayim m, sementario m
Lao: ປ່າຊ້າ (pā sā), ສຸສານ (su sān)
Latin: coemeterium n, sepulcrētum n
Latvian: kapsēta f, kapi m
Ligurian: çementeri m, campu santu m
Limos Kalinga: lolobnan
Lingala: nkunda class 9/10
Lithuanian: kapinės (lt) m
Lombard: please add this translation if you can
Low German: Begreefplak
Luxembourgish: Kierfecht m
Macedonian: гробишта (mk) n pl (grobišta)
Maia: matmat
Malay: pekuburan
Malayalam: ശവക്കോട്ട (ml) (śavakkōṭṭa)
Maltese: ċimiterju m, midfen m
Mansi: савыӈкан (savyňkan)
Manx: rhuillick f
Maori: urupā, whakauenuku
Mapudungun: eluwe, eltun, eltuwe
Mari:
Western Mari: шӹгерлӓ (šÿgerlä)
Mirandese: semitério m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: оршуулгын газар (oršuulgyn gazar)
Mwani: kuzimu class 17
Navajo: jishchááʼ, łeeh dahoʼdiiʼníiłgi
Nepali: चिहान (cihān)
Norman: chymetyire, chînm'tchiéthe m (Jersey)
Northern Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Northern Sami: girkogárdi, hávdeeanan
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kirkegård m, gravlund (no) m, leggplass m, gravplass m
Nynorsk: kyrkjegard m, gravlund m, gravplass m
Occitan: cementèri (oc) m, sagrat
Old English: līctūn m
Pali: susāna n
Papiamentu: santana, graf
Pashto: جېرګه‎ f (ǰergá), قبرستان‎ (ps) m (qabrestān), ګورستان‎ m (gorestān), مړستون‎ (ps) m (mëṛëstun)
Persian: قبرستان‎ (fa) (qabrestân), گورستان‎ (fa) (gurestân)
Picard: chimintière m
Piedmontese: simiteri m
Plautdietsch: Kjoakjhoff m, Graufhoff m, Frädhoff m
Polish: cmentarz (pl) m, cmentarny (pl) m
Portuguese: cemitério (pt) m
Punjabi: ਕਬਰਸਤਾਨ m (kabrasatān)
Quechua: ayapampa
Rohingya: hoborstán, koborstán
Romagnol: camsãnt m
Romanian: cimitir (ro) n, țintirim (ro) n (archaic)
Romansch: santeri, santieri, sunteri
Russian: кла́дбище (ru) n (kládbišče), кирку́т m (kirkút) (Jewish)
Saanich: šməlq̕ʷelə
Samoan Plantation Pidgin: matmat
Sanskrit: श्मशान (sa) n (śmaśāna)
Scottish Gaelic: cladh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гробље n, мезарје n, гробиштe n, пoкoпaлиштe n, гробје n, мезарлук m (Islam)
Roman: groblje (sh) n, mezarje (sh) n, grobište (sh) n, pokopalište n, grobje n, mezarluk (sh) m (Islam)
Sicilian: cimiciaru (scn) m, cimiteru (scn) m, campusantu (scn) m
Silesian: smyntorz m, kyrchof m, kerchůw m
Sinhalese: ආළාහනය (āḷāhanaya)
Slovak: cintorín (sk) m
Slovene: pokopališče (sl) n, britof m (informal)
Somali: xabaalo m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kjarchob m, zakopowanišćo n
Upper Sorbian: kěrchow m
Spanish: cementerio (es) m, campo santo (es) m, camposanto (es) m, panteón (es) m (Andes, Caribbean, Central America, Mexico)
Sranan Tongo: berpe, beripe
Sundanese: pakuburan
Swahili: makaburi
Swedish: begravningsplats (sv) c, kyrkogård (sv) c
Tagalog: sementeryo
Tajik: гӯристон (güriston), қабристон (tg) (qabriston)
Tamil: இடுகாடு (ta) (iṭukāṭu)
Tatar: зират (tt) (zirat), каберлек (tt) (qaberlek)
Telugu: వల్లకాడు (te) (vallakāḍu), శ్మశానము (te) (śmaśānamu), రుద్రభూమి (te) (rudrabhūmi), శ్మశానవాటిక (śmaśānavāṭika)
Thai: ป่าช้า (th) (bpàa-cháa), สุสาน (th) (sù-sǎan), ที่ฝังศพ (tîi-fǎng-sòp)
Tibetan: དུར་ཁྲོད (dur khrod)
Tigre: መቓብር (mäḳʰabr)
Tigrinya: መካነ-መቓብር (mäkanä-mäḳʰabr)
Tocharian B: erkau
Tok Pisin: matmat
Turkish: mezarlık (tr), kabristan (tr), mezaristan (tr), gömütlük (tr), tahtalıköy (tr) (colloquial)
Turkmen: mazarlyk, mazarçylyk
Ukrainian: цви́нтар (uk) m (cvýntar), кладо́вище (uk) n (kladóvyšče), кла́довище (uk) n (kládovyšče), кладови́сько n (kladovýsʹko), гробки́ m pl (hrobký), гробови́ще (uk) n (hrobovýšče), могилки́ f pl (mohylký), кірку́т m (kirkút) (Jewish)
Urdu: قبرستان‎ m (qabristān), گورستان‎ m (guristān)
Uyghur: قەبرىستانلىق‎ (qebristanliq), مازار‎ (mazar)
Uzbek: qabriston (uz), goʻriston (uz)
Veps: kaumišt
Vietnamese: nghĩa trang (vi), nghĩa địa (vi), bãi tha ma (vi)
Vilamovian: kiychhöf m
Volapük: sepülemöp, sepülamöp (vo), funafeil, deadanöp (vo)
Walloon: aite (wa) f, cimintire (wa) f
Waray-Waray: sementeryo
Wayuu: aamaka
Welsh: claddfa, mynwent f, corfflan f
West Frisian: tsjerkhôf (fy) n, begraafplak n
Westrobothnian: gravabakk m
Wolof: baameel
Yiddish: בית־עולם‎ m (beys-oylem), קבֿרות‎ m (kvores), צווינטער‎ m (tsvinter) (non-Jewish)
Yurok: kowištewoƚ

final storage place for collections of things no longer used

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: kirkegård (da) c
Dutch: kerkhof (nl) n
Finnish: hautausmaa (fi)
Greek: νεκροταφείο (el) n (nekrotafeío)
Russian: кла́дбище (ru) n (kládbišče)
Spanish: cementerio (es) m